A Quarter of Americans Stream Video from a Different Household’s Account
Cartesian surveyed US consumers about the sharing of passwords for internet video streaming services.
Women’s Website Blames Facebook Quizzes for SIM Swaps
A lousy journalist pieced together half-truths about social media and privacy in the hope of sustaining the UK’s SIM swap panic.
Huge Fine for Chinese Online Video Pirates QVOD
A court in Guangdong has upheld a fine of CNY260mn (USD38.5mn) after Tencent and other major Chinese online video providers complained that QVOD supported piracy.
Review of RAG Bahrain; Ends Meet Beginnings
Batelco welcomed operators from around the region to the first Risk & Assurance Group conference held in the Middle East.
Tech Will Not Solve Telco Problems
Telcos already have the assets needed to improve profitability, without developing technology. What we lack is the confidence to use those assets, and to manage the risks.
Is There a Rising Problem with Allocated but Unused Number Ranges?
Biaas argues fraudsters exploit destinations on carrier price lists which cannot be used for normal international termination.
China Keeps Extraditing Telecoms Fraudsters
The People’s Republic of China extradited scammers from Bangladesh, Cambodia and the Philippines during 2018. Tensions with Taiwan stopped them from extraditing more.
Now SIM Swaps Are Fake News Too
Liars are using social media to spread myths about the way fraudsters take control of phone accounts.
Will Fraudsters Just Outwit Machine Learning Too?
The Q3 2018 DataVisor Fraud Index Report highlights a perennial problem with relying on historic data when searching for patterns.
Indian Telco and Bank Ordered to Compensate SIM Swap Victim
All of the stolen money will now be refunded to the customer, more than three years after it was taken.